Some Control Panel links don't function

[tjjunior]

Hello,

Some, but not all, of the links in my Win7 control panel don't function, meaning I click on the link and nothing happens.

For example, in the Control Panel home screen, I can click on "Network and Internet" then "Network and Sharing." But when I click on "Choose homegroup and sharing options" nothing happens. I can click on the "Programs" link in the main screen and it takes me to the submenu, but I can't click on "Uninstall a program" from either the main screen or the submenu. The workaround in that case is I can click on "Programs and Features" and it takes me to the uninstall programs menu luckily.

It's been doing so for a couple of months, from memory it was soon after using a registry cleaner so I'm guessing it cleaned something it shouldn't have? Any suggestions?

I've done virus scans (AVG) and spyware (SuperAntiSpyware through Google Apps) and they all come up clean. It's very frustrating!

Thanks!

[Tripredacus]

1. Is this or was this computer ever used on a domain?

2. Was the install of this OS slimmed with a tool like vLite, rt7lite or a similar tool?

[tjjunior]

It is used on a work domain with 4 other computers in the office. Nobody (intentionality) changed any settings though and the other computers on the domain all appear fine (although they are all XP, this is the only Win7). It was not slimmed down or anything like that. Thanks!

[Tripredacus]

The domain controller may have applied policies to the system without your knowledge. Run

gpresult /r

from the cmd. You do not need to post the results, but look for the following (or similar) returns (this is from my PC here for reference)

RSOP data for SKYLYNX\Username on SKYLYNX : Logging Mode
----------------------------------------------------------

OS Configuration:            Member Workstation
OS Version:                  6.1.7601
Site Name:                   N/A
Roaming Profile:             N/A
Local Profile:               C:\Users\Username
Connected over a slow link?: No


COMPUTER SETTINGS
------------------

    Last time Group Policy was applied: 5/10/2011 at 9:06:16 AM
    Group Policy was applied from:      sub.domain.local
    Group Policy slow link threshold:   500 kbps
    Domain Name:                        DOMAIN
    Domain Type:                        Windows 2000

    Applied Group Policy Objects
    -----------------------------
        Default Domain Policy

You wll also see something similar under USER SETTINGS. You may see some of the following security groups listed in its section too:

- This Organization

- Domain Computers

[dubsdj]

Try running a repair

or

try running malicious removal tool from microsoft